32
Then Judas marched away from the citadel and encamped at Beth-zechariah, opposite the camp of the king.
33
Early in the morning the king set out and took his army by a forced march along the road to Beth-zechariah, and his troops made ready for battle and sounded their trumpets.
34
They offered the elephants the juice of grapes and mulberries, to arouse them for battle.
35
They distributed the animals among the phalanxes; with each elephant they stationed a thousand men armed with coats of mail, and with brass helmets on their heads; and five hundred picked horsemen were assigned to each beast.
36
These took their position beforehand wherever the animal was; wherever it went, they went with it, and they never left it.
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